allerhande

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch alrehande, equivalent to a univerbation of the genitive plurals of al and hand, where hand is used with the archaic figurative meaning of "manner" or "sort", as in gelijkerhand or the Middle Dutch phrase over alle hande ("in every way").

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɑ.lərˈɦɑn.də/
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  • Hyphenation: al‧ler‧han‧de

Determiner

allerhande

  1. all kinds of
    Synonym: allerlei
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